Thursday, the 2nd of August was a Condolence Meeting owing to the sad demise of Rtn K.C.Vij. The atmosphere was sombre
while our members paid tribute to Late K.C.Vij. He was remembered with great fondness and everyone had something new to
add, reflecting on his persona. A professional of repute, he had reached the very top in his vocation. His zest for life was evident till
the very end. A sportsman in true spirit, he did not believe in giving up and fought to the very end. His sad demise is an
irreplaceable loss to the Rotary Club of Nagpur. May his soul rest in peace.
-Team GO

Mr. K C Vijh, a member of our Club since 2002, was called to higher service on
July 31, 2012. He died in Orange City hospital.
A graduate of Indian School of Mines, he was a very successful professional
and retired as Chairman cum Managing Director of Western Coalfields
Limited. Known as a quiet man of our club, he could always be relied upon to
attend the meetings from the front rows despite his ill health. He was an active
participant always ready to interact with the speakers during the weekly rotary
meetings. His quiet manners and sense of humor will be missed by all who
knew him.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Mrs Sushma Vijh, daughters Dr
Natasha and Nidhi, sons-in-law Vivek and Ankur and grandchildren Tanya and
Pranshu.
-Ashok Mrig

Mr. K.C Vijh, 70, former CMD WCL ended his life's journey on July 31st 2012. His final days were spent surrounded by family and
friends whose lives he had touched in his small ways throughout his very memorable life. He was a man of great determination and
will power. He fought bravely through his illness and lived life to its full.
He was diagnosed with cancer in 1994 and left no stone unturned to recover. He conquered that and lived a perfectly healthy and
normal life for 16 years.
Unfortunately this was not the end and we were very grieved to find out that cancer had reappeared. Only because of his positive
attitude towards life, even after four major surgeries he was willing and open for any line of treatment or surgery. Until his very last
days, with so much of suffering and pain, we all still wished for a miracle and kept asking the doctor, "There has to be someway to
fight this disease." Such was his gist and love for life-a fighter till the end.
He was very fond of ghazals, books and golf. Although he took golf very late in life, many trophies adorn our house. One of his
favourite ghazals by Mallika Pukhraj "abhi to mein jawaan hoon, hai maut itne kareeb, nahin nahin abhi nahin, abhi nahin abhi
nahin" was so fondly sung by him. He had a heart of gold. We can still feel his presence around us. He was loved by all and is
missed greatly by his near and dear.
wish you could see many milestones of your grandchildren's lives and bless them, you will always remain in our hearts...
we all miss you...
Sushma, Natasha, Nidhi, Vivek, Ankur, Tanya, Pranshu.
-Natasha Marwah, Daughter

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Stop Prezz.....
Dear Rotary Families,
August takes me back to my school days. The
rains, lush green surroundings, month long
festivities, hot bhutta's n pakora's…. something
very carefree about this month just like school
days. I loved all this then and even today!
Talking of festivity, our Senior Citizen
Committee & Interactors from our 5 Interact
schools put a wonderful Janmashtami
Fellowship Program for Senior citizens of
Mariam Nagar & Panchavati Vrudhashram. The
fellowship committee followed it up with
Navroze & Eid celebrations for our members,
with a very unusual spread of eatables and
games!
Amidst all this festivity & fun our Rotary families
continue with their resolve to serve the society.
A Deafness Corrective Diagnostic camp was
followed with Surgical camp where 25 patients
in and around Ramtek town benefited. The
Interact, Rotaract and Youth Service

committees have picked up their pace to deliver
Life Skills & Soft Skills workshops. The Slum
upliftment committee & Matching Grants
committee are gearing up for something big.
What is heartening to see is the involvement of
a whole lot of “recent” Rotarians joining the old
war horses, bringing in new ideas & energies to
our programs and projects thereby throwing up
new leaders for tomorrow, much as our U-19
World Cup wining team has done it! This is a
good sign for our Membership Development
and Retention program which RI has been
emphasizing upon, especially in this Month of
Membership Development and Extension.
As we all gear up to welcome “Ganpati Bappa” I
feel happy to inform you that the Niramalya
Collection Project of our Club, which started
some 7 years back as a “project” has now
become a “movement” which this year our DG
Sanjay is taking it up as a District Project, with
all sisters clubs of Nagpur joining hands and

NMC, Police department assisting to make this
a Mega Rotary Program!
Kudos to all and especially the Programs
Committee which has pulled out yet another
“gem”, yes friends, Shri Rahul Bajaj will be
addressing our Club followed by an Interactive
session, this month….so be there!!
Cheers!

Atul Shah

Hear Me Out.....
Keep in touch......

MADNESS!!!!!
Life is so boring! It has a set pattern. Regulated
work, dedicated family, a bit of good work,
planned holiday breaks and a routine social life.
Life is so predictable. Mornings begin with
duties and evenings end up with fun.
What we need is a BIT of madness. Madness in
our profession, madness in our family and
madness in everything that we do and in all
that we don't. In fact we could do with a LOT of madness.
Madness in our workplace! Like starting on something new, not because it
promises to be a profitable venture, but because it is cool. May be
temporarily change the work profile of all the people working with you.
Maybe ask half your staff to take a week off, just to see how things work.
Pass off your lunch to someone else and eat out of his tiffin. Excitement will
creep into the system.
Madness in our family! Gift your son a super low cut jeans or support the
idea that he wears his hair long and ties a pony tail. Gift your mother-in-law
an expensive diamond set. Push your better half to go out for an all night
party…….
Madness in all our actions! A novel holiday like a week in Patna. Go to a
party where you are invited at eight, sharply at eight. Wear red pants,
leather ones if possible. Streak your hair. Do something that add a bit into
your life and as a result into other people's.
Bring some madness in the good work that we do! No time tables, no
budgets and no convenience. Give a couple of months doing what touches
us most. Spend time, money and effort without any reservations or
qualifications. Do not stop at making people happy. See that they go
crazy…..
It's time to live our lives Kingsize!!! Madness may be the way to do it!!

We invite expert comments, suggestions,
criticism and commendations. This will help us
know the pulse of readers and improve the
publication. Please write in to
shabbir.shakir66@yahoo.in

Dear Readers,
Thank you Shabbir, for giving me a chance to
once again interact with the club members.
We were given a free hand to write about
anything we wanted to, and with so many
topics to write about under the sun, I chose
those two, one which was dear to my heart and
the other to my better half, Wijay.
The Golden Orange has been a part of my life
since 1997, when I was taken into the
committee. I have enjoyed being the editor
twice and contributing to the GO in my small
way. The magazine has come a long way, to
being a four page black and white bulletin to
what it is now, a colourful information packed
magazine.
Our Club was formed in 1944, and in those
years there was no official club bulletin, not
only that, there were no circulars either. What
we did have, were postcards, sent through the
mail, to all members informing them of the
forthcoming activities of the Club.
Our first bulletin came out in 1955, with the
enthusiasm of B. Srinivas, V.M. Kulkarni, Dr.
I.G. David, Jal Gimi and more. It was a four
page bulletin, titled as the Nagpur Rotarian.
Needless to say it was in black and white done
in letter press.
1977 PDG Chari changed the name, to what
we are now familiar with, The Golden Orange.
Major responsibility for publication of the GO
was taken up by V.M. or Kaka Kulkarni.
In 1992 during President Raghu Rao's term,
Vishwas was made the editor. With a lot of
opposition and skepticism from the club,
Vishwas decided the change the look and
content of the GO. He decided to publish a 16
page issue with advertisements and
information other than rotary. He assured the
Club, that the bulletin would not create a deficit
in the coffer, rather it ended up bringing close
Rs. 40,000 in the club accounts.. In 1992 -93,

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We shall have a Guest Editor every month at the GO. Here the GEs will
give expression to their creativity by writing about what they will. Past
Editors of the GO will be seen in this space one by one. The idea has
come into being so that these two pages will have something refreshingly
new to offer every month, steering clear of the year mould.
This month, our GE is Anita Chitaley. Anita can be credited for having
been the one to have changed the GO from a bulletin to a magazine. An
Editor twice, she has bagged the Best Bulletin Award both times.â&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;Ś Ed.

the Club won the National Award, which
incidentally has become a regular feature of
our magazine.
Srihari Chava, Dr. Ram
Ayachit, Chandru Shahani,
W. D. Chitaley have all been
editors of our magazine. In
1998 - 99, the first lady
editor stepped in. Vasudha
Korke took over as editor,
but since they relocated to
Pune, she had to leave the
m a g a z i n e h a l f w a y.
Khushnoor Chugh took
over, and so good was her
management that she
continued to be editor, for
the next three years. This
set the trend for Rt. Ann
editors.
The centennial year, when
Sanjiv Chugh, was the
President, the bulletin once
again, went through a
transformation. With his
insistence for precision and
creativity the bulletin, now
became a magazine. This
year fortunately, yours truly
was the editor. Along with
many awards bagged that
year, the GO won on the
district as well as the
national front.
Past editors, like Manju
Shahani, Madhavi Naidu,
have ensured that we win
the national award time and
again.
The lady editor chain took a break when Sanjiv
Chugh and Sohrab Kanga became editors,
but there was no compromise on the content

and appearance of the magazine.
The bulletin has passed through many hands,
and seen many changes, but one thing

remains common, that is to ensure not only the
district, but beyond that, people come to know
the service this club does. Once again our

current editor Shabbir is doing a great job with
the bulletin and thank you Shabbir for giving all
of us an opportunity to become "sous" editors.
Over the years, columnist for the Golden
Orange have written about Nagpur and its
surrounding places, what to eat, what to
explore and much more. There is one
significant place, which somehow seems to
have been overlooked, a place which keeps
Nagpur on the cricket agenda, yes, it's the
Vidarbha Cricket Association. The genesis of

VCA goes back to 1918 when the first C.P. and
Berar Quadrangle Cricket Tournament was
conducted. What we know as VCA today was
earlier known as the C.P. & Berar Cricket

Association. When the states in the
Chhattisgarh area were merged it was then
called the M.P. Cricket Association. It was in
1956 when there was a re-drawing of the State
boundaries that the Vidarbha Cricket
Association was formed. With a band of
enthusiastic members who as the executive
committee guide its destiny, the VCA has gone
from strength to strength.
This association has seen a line of
distinguished persons who have held office of
its President, starting from
H.F. Pollock, followed by
Rao Bahadur Godbole NKP
Salve, V.R. Manohar, B. R.
Mundle, Gopalrao Kelkar,
Shashank Manohar, Sudhir
Dabir and to it's current
President Prakash Dixit.
The Parsi community of
Nagpur, though small, has
made a significant
contribution towards the
development of cricket and
t h e a s s o c i a t i o n . M r.
Billimoria, after whom the
pavillion has been named,
was a major contributor
towards the stadium. Mr.
Gazdar, aftern whom the
Gazdar league is named
started this tournament for
the promotion of cricket in
Vidarbha.
Land to VCA was given by
the C.P. Club, with a
condition that 2 members of
VCA should also be
members of C.P. Club.
However this clause was
amended in 1991. The
Manohar family have played
a major role in shaping this
association and giving it the
status that it has today.
Cricketers were earlier not
allowed to become
members, but Adv. V.R. Manohar contested
on this issue and won the election. Cricketers
could now become members.

VCA, was not a rich organization in its earlier
days. It was in fact a hand to mouth existence
with no money in the coffers. No bank was
ready to give them loans to build a stadium
and so the VCA at Civil Lines, had to be
completed in stages. After some major foot
work, the Shikshak Sahakari Bank gave a loan
of Rs. 50 lakhs to the Club. So also Rs. 10,000
was collected from club members as loan.
After completion of the stadium, in 1993,
during Mr. Mundle's tenure, shops in the
premises were given out on lease to ensure a
flow of funds.
It might be interesting to note that the first
cricket match which was ever held in Nagpur
was over a hundred years ago, when in 1864
and army unit from Kamptee played with an
army unit based in Nagpur. Matches to the
VCA come purely on a rotation basis. VCA in
its earlier years was not a recognized center
for matches. In 1969 India played against
New Zealand and there was a gap of 18 years
when the Nehru Centenary was played in
1987. The picture has far from changed now,
with Nagpur becoming an important center for
test, one day as well as IPL matches.
The most recent and certainly the most
prestigious addition to the VCA is the stadium
at Jamtha. An idea of building a stadium of
international repute with a state of the art club
house was the brain child of Shashank
Manohar. Situated in Jamtha, 15 kms. from
the city, this stadium has been recognized by
the ICC as a model stadium.
This is the short history of this prestigious
institution. Rotary members, like Vishwas,
Shiraz Gimi and Wijay Chitaley have held
prestigious posts in shaping this organization.
Members have fond memories about the
evolution of this Club and it is an organization,
that Nagpurians are proud of.
Incidentally, when India won it's World Cup
twice, that is in 1983 and in 2011, the
Presidents of BCCI have been Nagpurians,
NKP Salve and Shashank Manohar, so moral
fo the story, is if India needs to win the World
Cup again, the President has to be from
Nagpur.
-Anita Chitaley

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LETTERATI

Excellent design & new look of
GO!! Under your leadership GO
is achieving great heights! Keep
it up!!
-Akash Agrawal

- Letters To The Editor

BEST LETTER
Cheers to the the new look of
GO!
The new( the word does have
power Atul!) GO was a Royal
purple satin work in my hand,
smooth & silky- My fingers flip rather slip and
unravel many enticing features like the guest
editor column with its flashy spread outs,
Dimag Kharab take on political big wigs and
Kidszzzone. The Indian Vice President is
retained so is our editor. Congrats Shabbir!!
But believe me, between your 1st article in last
year's GO and this year's 1st you have
travelled millions of mellowed thoughts. All
about anger, but with a very 'detached'
outlook. A wonderful analysis! We may have
one workshop on Anger management and I
believe you can kick start it very well.
Waiting for more interesting features. Maybe
some youth columns voiced by our own
youths or some more new faces on board. I
know it is easy to suggest and easier to
execute( joking).
Best wishes to the GO team!
-Beena Mathew

Dear GO Editor Shabbir
Congratulations for the
improved graphic, layout and
contents of our club bulletin GO.
I am sure members and readers
will also appreciate your efforts. Keep going!
-Bobby

Hi Shabbir!
I am very happy to read your
editorial column. Such beautiful
thoughts and very few people
understand life so beautifully. I
have always noticed and
experienced such people and situations and
am glad you put it forth so effectively. I am sure
you are going to start Satyamev Jayate
through your writing. All the very best and
looking forward to such soul stirring subjects
-Neeta Singh

BEST LETTER

There will be a best letter prize every month.
So keep writing.
Also mail your photograph along with your letter.

Dear Shabbir,
Since I joined Rotary in 2005 I
have been in thick and thin of
things and have actively
contributed to almost every
committee in all the avenues but never ever
dared to write anything for The Golden
Orangeâ&#x20AC;Śbut your latest issue rather the new
avatar compelled me to pen down my
appreciation for the stupendous
innovation..Hats off!
There is a big similarity between the Olympics
and our GO. While watching the recently
concluded Olympics there have been many
instances when the records were broken,
which all of us thought to be impossible. Same
goes with the GO which keeps on breaking its
own record every year. With this latest issue
you have delivered a perfect Nadia Komonich
performance which I am sure will be very
difficult to better in future.
-Dinesh Naidu

ENORMOUS RAKHI SALE

Dr Ajay Sood handing over a cheque of Rs 1,90,000 to President Atul Shah on
behalf of the Haldiram Bhujiawala family. This amount has been donated by the
Haldiram Bhujiawala family towards purchase of a Microscope for Eye Surgeries.

In prayer it is better to have a
heart without words then
words without a heart.

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GANDHIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S
WISDON

The enthusiastic Interactors of Centre
Point School, Katol Road, sold the rakhis
made by Sandhya Sanwardhan Sanstha
and Shraddanand Anathalay. The rakhis
made by the mentally challenged
children were sold like hot cakes. The
total amount summed upto Rs. 10250.
This money was then sent to the
respective Sansthas.
Thus it was a thunderous start for the
Interactors who were guided by the
teacher In-charge Shuba Sarma Ma'am.

It has always
been a mystery to me how men can feel
themselves honored by the humiliation
of their fellow being.

16TH AUGUST

BUSINESS MEETING
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Interesting Board

The business meeting was held on 16 Aug. President Atul Shah conducted the meeting. It was
commenced as regular meeting due to presence of IYE students. Sohrab Kanga co-ordinated the
presentations by all inbound and outbound IYE students. After their presentation and departure,
business meeting was formerly conducted. Hon. Secretary Shabbar Shakir read out the minutes
of previous business meeting as well as Treasurer's report. Members celebrating their birthdays
and anniversaries were greeted by the president. Announcements of forthcoming programs were
made by the members. President announced the nomination of past president Shabbir Shakir
from our club for the election of DG 2015-16. Golden Orange was formally released at the hands
of past president Gulab Mahant. In any other matter Dinesh Naidu proposed to house to change
the timing of the weekly meeting considering changing scenario and members profile. President
Atul Shah assured him to look into the matter positively. The meeting was concluded with singing
of national anthem.
-Mahendra Kamath

IYE Students â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Inbound and Outbound

SAAWAN KI BAHAR.......

A Packed Hall
It is commonly seen if a much awaited
program is postponed, it loses its charm. But it
was proved completely wrong in this year's
first ladies committee meeting. The program
took off brilliantly with the beautiful shayari on
saavan by chairperson Veenita Pasari. There
was an overwhelming participation in all
competitions making the job of the judges very
difficult. Dress code of green, baandhni and
lehariya was followed to utmost perfection.

Veenita Speak
Ladies looked ethnic and very beautiful which
justified the theme of the "Teej Special"
meeting. The best dressed lady of the eve was
won by Ritika Singhvi. To mention your
husband's name in a shayarana andaz was
the talk of the meeting, and everybody
enjoyed it thoroughly. This competition was
won by Anita Jain. Singers of our Rotary family
made the musical housie of saavan geet a
memorable event. We had beautiful home

INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION
rd

The meeting held on 23 August was well
attended by many prospective members apart
from the regulars, who were enlightened and
had many of their queries answered by the

The Dais

Guest Speaker, the city coordinator of India
Against Corruption (IAC), Mr Ajay Sanghi.
Our very own anti-corruption crusader Rtn
Dinesh Naidu escorted Mr Sanghi to the dais
and he gave a very informative and inspiring
talk on the role of anti-corruption in the
forthcoming elections, and how Team Anna is
trying to offer and organize a political
alternative as demanded by citizens.
The Jan Lokpal Bill was discussed and the
importance of identifying and bringing forth
able leaders to represent our citizens was
highlighted and termed as â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Chandragupta ki

LADIES MEETING

Sonia grabs the prize from Shefali
made rakhis which were appreciated by all
and the competition was won by Swati
Agrawal. The first lucky winner of the grand
prize was Sonia Khurana. The winner was
chosen by lots. There will be a lucky winner in
every meeting and all those ladies who attend
7 or more meetings are eligible for the bumper
prize which is a LCD TV. Many more such
interesting programs have been lined up
throughout the year.
-Sonal Singhvi

REGULAR MEETING
Khoj! Future leaders of India are expected to
bring about massive reforms in as short a
period as possible and only those with a high
level of moral values and character can
perform well in weeding out corruption from
the country.
The introduction of the
speaker was done by
Divya Sharma and the
wonderful and apt Vote
of Thanks was proposed
by Anula Goenka.
-Divya Sharma
Mr Ajay Sanghi

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REGULAR MEETING

9TH AUGUST- A SPECIAL ONE

August 9th, our Regular Meeting was shifted to
Sindhi Sai Sabha Gruh as we had a special
speaker. We had an attendance of over 350
people including our members, spouses and
guests......
Our guest speaker from Ujjain was the
renowned clap therapist Arun Rishi. The hall
filled in slowly but steadily ....he kept the crowd
participative and mesmerized. Everybody
seemed to listen with keen interest as he kept
his lecture backed up by interesting facts and
generous doses of humour.......
His USP - "Clap 15 seconds a day, keep the
doctor awayâ&#x20AC;?. He explained to the crowd how
clapping coupled with rubbing your soles for a
minute daily, is a full fledged self management
plan................

He explained that in a poor country like India
most cannot afford expensive medicines and
that the remedy for all diseases including heart
problems is right there in our hands.......He
gave solutions for longevity by following
simple habits -no usage of tea, coffee,
toothpaste, shaving cream, shampoo, soap
etc.
He gave alternatives to the above and
endorsed that not using toothpaste and using
mustard oil, non iodized salt and turmeric
powder will make our teeth so strong ....that
our soul would depart mother earth but we
would leave behind our set of 32
teeth...........Giving auto commands to our
body and acknowledging our heart and sitting
in the namaaz position while eating our meals

will take most of our ailments away......Being
positive in life will result in happiness for
ourselves but also bring about world
peace..........
For those who missed the talk and would like
to know more and buy his book please contact
Alok Goenka.
-Anula Goenka

A stupendous response

Pres Atul has the last word

Hand Shake ending

Mr Arun Rishi's famous clap

BODY AURA AND CHAKRAS

Ms Rita Mahajan
Continuing the trend of having renowned
speakers from different parts of India,
speaking on varied and current trends in

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different fields, we had Rita Mahajan from
Bangalore over for the program on 30th August
at Udyog Bhawan.
The much-awaited and long-anticipated
program provided the basic information on our
Body Aura and Chakras, often discussed and
debated but never quite understood. Rita
Mahajan explained in simplified terms what
our Aura is, the energy field that surrounds the
physical body in all directions, invisible and
expandable.
This Aura is sustained by the seven Chakras,
the energy centers, in our body â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Crown

chakra on our head, the 3rd Eye chakra on the
forehead, the Throat chakra, the Heart chakra,
the Solar Plexus chakra, the Sacral chakra
below the navel & the Root chakra at the tip of
the back bone.
According to Rita, our Chakras have a
significant effect on our physical, emotional,
mental & spiritual health and identifying and
healing them can not only improve but also
substantially change our lives for the better!
The introduction of the speaker was done by
Preeti Badjate and the Vote of Thanks was
given by Vinita Bahri.
-Divya Sharma

CULTURAL EVENING
Senior Citizens Committee along with Interact
Committee organised a cultural programme
for the residents of Panchvati Vridhashram
and the senior citizens of Mariam Nagar and
Ayodhaya Nagar Slums at Matru Seva Sangh
to celebrate the festival of Janamashtami.
The programme started with a song by Ravi
Wankhede – Bahut Yaad Aate Ho Tum –
dedicated to neglected parents and elders.
Interactors from seven schools – Jain
International School, Modern School,
Wonderland School, St Ursala's School,
Dinanath High School, Center Point Katol
Road presented a cultural show. They did a
skit on Sudama and Krishna and performed
dances on famous bhajans. The programme
was organised by Chairpersons, Namita
Sharma and Shalini Naidu under the able
guidance of advisor Renu Thapar. The
programme was followed by delicious lunch.

“Atithi Devo Bhava”, sticking to the parampara of Bhartiya Vidya
Bhavans, the distinguished guests President Atul Shah, Secretary
Shabbar Shakir, Director Sandeep Pathak, Chairperson Purvi
Thakar, Rtn Rajan Mulani Principal Mrs. Shastri and Vice Principal
Mrs Parvati Iyer were warmly welcomed with words and bouquets.
LIGHT – A symbol of brightness, energy, life and vitality. An Installation
of Interact Club Bhavans B.P. Vidya Mandir, Shri Krishna Nagar started
on 29thof August, 2012 by lighting the Traditional Lamp followed by
prayer.
“If you think in terms of a year…. plant a seed, 10 years…. Plant
trees…. 100 years….teach people…” this is a quote for Interact Club by
Past President Kirat Bains. He recalled the year 2011-12 of moments
edged in their mind forever, he assured to turn back to these memories
as reminders of being responsible citizens. He listed out certain
activities conducted like seeds distribution in the school to value a
greener world. Slogan writing competition and a special trip to get a
glimpse into the pure world of specially abled children. Finally the
moment arrived to ring out the old ones and ring in the new, time for the
wave of change, time for installation of new office bearer brought
Atharva Babre as new President and Nupur Vyas as Secretary. Unique

project of collecting specs and distributing to needy is the attempt taken
by interractors this year. Atul shah addressed the enthusiastic team, he
focused on all round development along with academics, emphasized
to remain child at heart at the same time should think out of box and
rediscover self, apart from studies by participating in workshops.
Sanskruti and Sukhbeer kaur efficiently compared the program and
Vote of Thanks was proposed by Secretary Nupur Vyas followed by
movie reflecting social message and a National Anthem concluded our
last installation ceremony of this year.
-Purvi Thakar

JAMALI ENGLISH SCHOOL, HUSAMIAH GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL AND HUSAMIAH BOYS HIGH SCHOOL

The Winner of Best Installation Trophy of 2011 - 12 JAMALI ENGLISH
SCHOOL along with HUSAMIAH GIRLS AND HUSAMIAH BOYS
HIGH SCHOOL installed the new team of Interactors on 25th of August,
2012. Past President Akhtar Naimoon Secretary Shabbar Shakir,
Director Sandeep Pathak, Advisor Renu Thapar, Chairperson Purvi
Thakar, School Principal Mrs. Munira Hussain Wardhawala and
Mrs Shabana Khan were warmly welcomed with Flowers. By Tilawat
(short prayer) they started the proceedings.
Outgoing President MARIYAM MEMON (Jamali High School) briefed
about collection of Grains and a visit to Mother Teresa ashram,
Collection of Rs. 40,000/- for polio eradication program, plantation of
Neem Saplings. She proudly mentioned about winning 1st prize in a
drawing competition. Outgoing President of Husamiah Boys and Girls
High School SHAFEEN ARSHAD and JAHA came out with successful
completion of tree plantation through fund raising project - Khari Kamai.
They expressed their gratitude towards Rotary for self upliftment and
D a y & Night
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progress in all spheres.
“Sada Muskurana aur Sabko Pyaar Karna, Kisi Ummid ke bina khud ko
arpit kar dena” this Motive of Rotary was understood and heartily
accepted by Interactors.
Promising New team of - Jamali School with President Sabiha Fatema
and secretary Sherabano Indorewala,
Husamiah Boys High School President Adnan-ur-Rahman Khan and
SecretaryGufran Alam Husamiah Girls High School President Tahseen
Ansari and Secretary Ramsha Firdous was inducted and pledged to
continue doing better work for the society by undertaking the projects
like visit to Ashram and fulfilling their daily needs like hair oil, soap, grain
etc in coming year. PP Akhtar Maimoon relayed an inspiring story which
conveyed the message that leader knows the way, shows the way and
goes the way. Deeba and Busra did a commendable job by compering
the program very effectively and concluded by vote of thanks and
National Anthem.
-Purvi Thakar
Fruity
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F l avor

• Coconut • Strawberry
• Cherry • Mango
• Green Apple

B.V.M (Civil lines)

Purva Rathi, the master of ceremonies called to order the meeting. The
school prayer was sung by the school choir and the Rotary dignitaries
were welcomed with rose saplings.

INTERACT INSTALLATION

Vishwanath Joshi, the outgoing President of Inertact club of B.V.M
read his report of the past year where toys were collected and donated
to St.Johns School and old clothes were distributed to tribals in
Gadchiroli.
President Atul told the children that to excel in life one has to work for it.
He said that a school takes care of your academics but Interact helps
you to overcome challenges in life and recognise rising opportunities.
He further explained how Interact helps you to focus on community
service which helps you to reach out to people and develop leadership
qualities. Leadership is to be the first one who takes an initiative.
After the President's address, a film was shown on "hunger" which had
a strong message.
Pratheek Rathi the new Interact President said that being chosen to be
the President was a great honour to him as he believes in Rotary and
supports its notion to serve the community to ones best abilities.

CDS SCHOOL
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The installation of CDS School Interact Club was held on 3 Aug 2012.
The meeting was called to order by outgoing president of the club,
followed by welcoming of guests and reciting of prayers. Outgoing
president presented her report. President Atul installed the new team of
President Jigisha Nagrare. Jigisha promised to fulfill her duties. Pres
Atul in his speech encouraged the children to be enterprising and to
aspire to win laurels in academics as well as in extracurricular activities,
to groom their overall personality. He reminded the children to follow
traffic rules and become a law abiding citizen. Secretary Sudesh
Wasnik proposed the vote of thanks, followed by National Anthem.
Pres. Atul Shah, Secretary Shabbar Shakir, Dir. Sandeep Pathak,
Advisor Renu Thapar, Chairpersons Shalini Naidu, Namita Sharma,
and Sonal Ajmera were present to grace the occasion. -Sonal Ajmera

CENTER POINT SCHOOL, WARDHMANNAGAR

New Team of INTERACT CLUB at Center Point School, Wardhman
Nagar, Nagpur was installed on 3rd of August, 2012. Dignitaries on the
Dias President Atul Shah, Secretary Shabbar Shakir, Director
Sandeep Pathak, Advisor Renu Thapar, School Principal Mrs.
Sumathi Venugopalan and Chairperson Purvi Thakar were warmly

Welcomed with Saplings. President Atul Shah and other dignitaries on
the dais lit the traditional lamp, a short prayer sung by students made
the atmosphere divine. Outgoing President Anando Ghosh presented
his report, he mentioned about sale of rakhis and visit to an orphanage.
New Enthusiastic and Promising team for the year 2012-13 with
Raunak Jajodia as President and Kopal Gupta as Secretary were
installed. President Atul Shah congratulated the new team and
mentioned the importance of Interact Club which provides a platform
for the Interactors to fulfill their duties towards society by becoming a
responsible citizen and it also helps in self development of an
individual. President reminded them to follow traffic rules. The New
President Raunak Jajodia presented acceptance Speech and his team
has decided that they will finance fees to needy students. They also
plan to collect old notebook and stationery item for students of under
privilege section of the society. Secretary Kopal Gupta presented vote
of thanks. Immediate Past President Tauby Bhagwagar, CoChairpersons Interact Sonal Ajmera and Namita Sharma added a
special grace to the function by their presence.
-Purvi Thakar

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INTERACT INSTALLATION

JAIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Jain International School
Miss Purvi Agrawal, outgoing president of Interact club of Jain
International school called to order the meeting, after which the Rotary
guests were felicitated.
A beautiful prayer song was sung to invoke devine blessing. This song
was written by the Jain school hindi teacher.
Purvi Agrawal felt nostalgic while reading her report. She said that to be
an Interactor is an honour.S he read out the work done by the previous
Interact team like selling rakhees, contribution to the cause of pulse
polio, donating walking sticks to the old etc.
President Atul complimented the calm prayer song and said the school
was beautiful with a fantastic infrastructure. He urged the Interactors to

participate in activities and perform acts of kindness and not to break
traffic rules especially at traffic signals.Ritika Gupta, the newly installed
President listed the activities the new team planned to have.
Raunak Badjate proposed the vote of thanks.
-Shalini Naidu

ST. JOHNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HIGH SCHOOL

The new team of Interact Club of St. John's High School was installed
on 9th Aug. The Rotarians and School Principal were welcomed with
flower which was followed by lighting of lamp. School Music incharge
Mrs Karmkar sang a beautiful Bhajan Tum Asha Vishwas hamre. Since
last year Interact President has left the school, Secretary Jayesh read
the report. He mentioned the two important projects taken up last year

were cleanliness drive and checking of leaking taps to save water.
President Atul Shah installed the new office bearers comprising of
President Harsh Mahatme and Secretary as Damanjeet Grover .In his
acceptence speech Interact President Harsh mentioned some project
like collection and donation of unused medicine and recycling of waste
to make compost. President Atul Shah in his motivational speech
congratulated the new team and asked them to sharpen their skill to
develop as individuals. He encouraged the children to become leaders
by taking the first step in good direction. An award winning short film
was shown to them and Interactors were encouraged to make a film on
some social message. Principal Mr Muthuchamy thanked Rotary for
providing such a good platform for children. Secretary Damanjeet
presented vote of thanks. Apart from President Atul Shah, Secretary
Shabbar Shakir, Director Sandeep Pathak, Advisor Renu Thapar,
Chairperson Namita Sharma and Co Chairperson Shalini Naidu were
present.
-Namita Sharma

MODERN SCHOOL
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On 1 Aug, the new Board of Interactors was installed at Modern
school, Koradi Road. The School Captain, President of Interact Club
and school band welcomed the Rotary Team and escorted them to the
dais. President Atul Shah, Secretary Shabbar Shakir, Director New
Generation Sandeep Pathak, Advisor Renu Thapar and Chairperson
Namita Sharma were given floral welcome. To create awareness about
Blood donation, Interactors presented a skit on the subject. Outgoing
President Aditi presented her report in which she mentioned some of
the projects like donation towards Polio eradication and nutrition, drive
for Eco friendly Ganesha, zero litter day and making of paperbags.
President Atul Shah inducted promising new team of office bearer in
which Drishti Sharma and Shafia took over as President and Secretary.
Drishti in her acceptance speech showed commitment to carry out
Rotary ideals forward. They have chalked out certain program for the
year like visit to old age home and blind school and catering to their
needs. They would also like to organize Inter Interact competitions.

President Atul Shah congratulated the last year team for the good work
and appreciated their effort to promote blood donation. He encouraged
children to use Interact as platform to develop life skills. Secretary
Shafia proposed a formal vote of thanks followed by the National
Anthem.
Co-chairperson Shalini Naidu, Sonal Ajmera, MadhuMrig and Inderjeet
Singh were present.
-Namita Sharma

SFS HIGH SCHOOL
New Interact team of SFS High School was installed in a well organized function on
17th August 2012. President Elect Prashant Kale was there to grace the occasion. The
ceremony started with welcoming of guests with flowers. Lighting of lamp was
followed by prayer and singing of hymn. The new team of President Kevin Lancelot
and his team was installed. Kevin pledged to continue doing the good work. President
Elect Prashant Kale motivated the children to be always tuned to positivity, so that no
hardships can deter them from achieving their goals. Director Sandeep Pathak gave
information about film making competition. The ceremony came to an end with
singing of the National Anthem. Teacher in charge Sanket Medha and Dolly Francis
worked hard for the success of the programme.
-Sonal Ajmera

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SOUTH POINT SCHOOL
Mansi Pakhale the IPP called the meeting to order. The Rotary dignitaries
were welcomed with neem saplings. A beautiful prayer song was sung by
the school choir. Mansi Pakhale IPP said ," Life is about creating yourself."
She read out the past years Interact activity report and pledged the
Interactors will continue to do their best to society and quoted ,"a journey of
1000 miles begins with a single step.â&#x20AC;?
President Elect Prashant Kale addressed the Interactors. He felt that by
being an Interactor, it gave the children a platform to better themselves. He
said Interact activities allowed the children to mingle with each other and
they select activities which made them happy, helped them give back to
society, be service oriented and not react to criticism.
Ayushi Kamble the newly elected Interact President spoke about the
importance of peace. She said happiness does not depend on what we get
out of what we give, happy is he who perfumes selfishness.
The vote of thanks was proposed by Manthan Sarvarkar followed by a
closing chorus sung by the school choir after which the national anthem

SANDIPANI SCHOOL
New Interact team of Sandipani School was installed in a wellorganized function on 9th Aug. President Elect Prashant Kale
presided. The lighting of lamp was followed by Saraswati Vandana.
Outgoing Interact President Snigdha Rathi thanked Rotary for giving
this opportunity to do something for the society. In her report she
mentioned that Interactors took part in Elocution completion and
District Intreact Meet which was an enriching experience. For the year
2012-13 Shreya Bolla and Pallavi Parwarkar was inducted as
President and Secretary respectively. In her acceptance speech,
Shreya said that she will try to maintain pride of the president badge
and showed commitment on behalf of all the Interactors that they will
take part in all the activities and projects initiated by Rotary. President
Elect Prashant simplified the meaning of Interactor that it means to
interact and grow. He said that Rotary gives you an opportunity to be a
better human being. Director New Generation Sandeep Pathak told
them that a Film (on social issues) making competition is being

organized this year and showed a short film on wastage of food . Secy.
Pallavi proposed the vote of thanks. Secretary Shabbar Shakir,
Director Sandeep Pathak, Advisor RenuThapar, Chairperson Interact
Namita and Shalini Naidu attended the ceremony. -Namita Sharma

ST. JOHN'S HIGH SCHOOL
The new team of Interact Club of St. John's High School was installed
on 9th Aug. The Rotarians and School Principal were welcomed with
flower which was followed by lighting of lamp. School Music incharge
Mrs Karmkar sang a beautiful Bhajan Tum Asha Vishwas hamre.
Since last year Interact President has left the school, Secretary Jayesh
read the report. He mentioned the two important projects taken up last
year were cleanliness drive and checking of leaking taps to save water.
President Atul Shah installed the new office bearers comprising of
President Harsh Mahatme and Secretary as Damanjeet Grover .In his
acceptence speech Interact President Harsh mentioned some project
like collection and donation of unused medicine and recycling of waste
to make compost. President Atul Shah in his motivational speech
congratulated the new team and asked them to sharpen their skill to
develop as individuals. He encouraged the children to become leaders
by taking the first step in good direction. An award winning short film
was shown to them and Interactors were encouraged to make a film on
some social message. Principal Mr Muthuchamy thanked Rotary for

MSB EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE
New Team of INTERACT CLUB at MSB EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE was
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installed on 23 of August, 2012. The Program started with a beautiful
Prayer/Qirat. Dignitaries on the Dias Secretary Shabbar Shakir, Director
Sandeep Pathak, Advisor Renu Thapar, School Principal Mrs Razia
Hussain and Chairperson Purvi Thakar were warmly Welcomed with
Flowers. “Giving each one an equal chance to come out with their hidden
talents this is what Interact is all about” these were the words by the

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Outgoing President Mohammed Izzy. He claimed that he was very timid,
shy and afraid of Public speaking but shouldering responsibilities as
President has given him Confidence to face the World. “Say No To Plastic
And Cleanliness Drive”, were two missions successfully executed by
interactors last year.
Zainab Company and Nisreen Turkey were inducted as President and
Secretary respectively. President Zainab showed commitment to work
zealously for a social cause and presented tentative agenda of Organizing
Inhouse spell bee, hand writing competition on Children's Day, Cleanliness
Drive in the School and Visit to a village with the importance of personal
hygiene. EID MUBARAK!! Was wished by Director Sandeep Pathak to the
New team of Interactors. He highlighted the importance of school life,
mentioned that one can help others only by developing own personality. He
elaborated the duties and responsibilities of the four Interact directors. A
short movie, giving a social message opened up the eyes of viewers.
Secretary Nisreen Turkey presented vote of thanks.
The program was ended by Vazi-Fatus-Shukr(Prayer) and National
Anthem.
-Purvi Thakar

SMS INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED – 31ST JULY 2012

Ajay Sancheti leads by example

Timed to perfection

It is privilege to be associated with one of the large corporate houses from
Nagpur not only because it is well-respected name in infrastructure
development but also due to the fact that the person running the show is
Member of Parliament and importantly member of our club. It was no
surprise then when the blood donation camp was organized Ajay Sancheti
was the first one to donate blood. The camp was organized on the occasion
of 2nd death anniversary of his father and founder of company late Shri
Shakti Kumar Sancheti. Shri Abhay Sancheti and Shri Anand Sancheti,

directors at SMS were also present.
The camp began at 2.30 pm. Significantly large number of female
employees lined up for blood donation. The total count stood at impressive
51. Our very own Rotarian and AVP at SMS Infra Rtn Sandip Dhodapkar
along with HR Manager Mr Sujit Acharjya coordinated the camp.
President Atul Shah, Hon Secretary Shabbar Shakir, Parag Paranjpe,
Sandip Dhodapkar and Chairperson Dr Sheela Mundhada were also
present during the camp.
-Parag Paranjpe

COMMUNITY WELFARE COMMITTEE ( 15 TH AUGUST 2012 )

Waiting patiently
Community welfare committee along with
nutrition and child care committee celebrated
independence day with the Children of Antar
Bharti School. Antar Bharti School is school for
children from slum which is well managed by
Retd Wing commander Mr. Hastak and a team
of dedicated retired army officers. Club
President Atul Shah was chief guest for the
programme.
Programme started with flag hosting by
President Atul Shah. Mr Hastak in his speech

Food Time!!!
shared his memories of Nagpur before
independence and briefed about efforts taken
by him and his friends to keep Antar bharti
school going for last 30 years.
President Atul shah and all Rotarians present
were taken around the school. Our committee
distributed fruits and biscuits to all children.
Club donated few informative posters and a
black board to the school and we also
committed to the school to provide nutritious
food to all the school children for rest of the

ON MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Rotary Club of Nagpur Orange City had
organised a Regional seminar on membership
on August 5th at Hotel L.B. It was a rainy day
but it was interesting to note that the hall was
full to capacity, which shows the enthusiasm of
Nagpur Rotarians. DG Sanjay Meshram was
in an interactive mode and actively contributed
to the discussions. The seminar started and
concluded on schedule and was quite
informative and the speakers spoke well with
confidence.
Adolescence is a time of many transitions for
both teens and their families. To ensure that
teens and adults navigate these transitions
successfully, it is important that they be given
proper guidance and counselling. Keeping in
mind a workshop on problem related to
Adolensce was organised at Modern School.
Renowned Pediatrician and child psychologist
Dr. Shubhda Khirwadkar took the session
.President Interactor Drishti Sharma
welcomed Dr. Khirwadkar and chairperson
Namita Sharma .
With the keen audience of over 200 student,
Dr. Shubhda, started the session with ANGER
MANAGEMENT and covered topics like SELF

Our member PDG Satish Sule was the forum
leader and handled the seminar in his
inimitable style and gusto. PP Vijay Naidu
participated in one the sessions "Big fight" and
had his say on the subject "Quality N Quantity
or Growth N Development". IPP Tauby
Bhagwagar had the final session all to herself
and she very confidently drove home "the 7
golden steps we take in RC of Nagpur" on
membership development, right from
proposing a new members to assimilating

MODERN SCHOOL

FLAG HOISTING

them in our fold.
Besides the above speakers, Rtn Prashant
Kale, PP Shabbir Shakir, Shabbar Shakir,
Nilufer Rana and myself were representing
our club at the seminar. Seminar was followed
by lunch and more fellowship.
I feel that we should have a better turnout at
the District Events in view of our membership
strength. The next seminar is on September
2nd and hosted by RC Nagpur Downtown.
-Bharat Goenka

WORKSHOP ON ADOLESCENCE PROBLEM

ESTEEM AND SELF AWARENESS, COPING
WITH EMOTIONS and ART TO SAY NO
smoothly. Student enthusiastically took part in
all the activities, whether it was enactment of
given situation or games. A box was kept in the
school, four days prior and students were
expected to put their queries in it. Questions
relating to peer pressure, concentration
problems, pimples ,sibling rivalry etc were
being handled by Dr. Khirwadkar. A movie
which won an award in short film category was
shown to children and details regarding Film
making competition was given to them.
Secretary Interact Shafia proposed the vote of
thanks.
-Namita Sharma Dr Shubhada Khirwadkar has the
audience mesmerized

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Under the Guidance & Supervision of Prez. Atul Shah, Shabbar
Shakir and Mahendra Kamath, PNavroze & Eid Fellowship was
organised on 19th August. Nearly 300 Rotary family members
attended the fellowship which was held in perfect spirit of
monsoon. A small Hawker Zone was created and everyone
enjoyed the Bhuttas, Channachors & Sev puris on the Thela
itself.
Two Funny Games "Ye Item mujhe dede Thakur" & "Funny
Sawal Stupid Jawab" were enjoyed by almost all. Children also
enjoyed their counter games, maggi, giggles & tattoos.
A little different lipsmacking menu was arranged on the special
occasion of Eid & Navroze and as always appreciated by all.
All this was with the total help and support of Parul Shah,
Shweta Singh, Swati Agrawal, Varsha Paranjpe, Ruchi
Chaudhary, Mamta Kanga, Sarang Kale, Raj Shah & Neeru
Bhatia.
- Rahul Chaudhary & Anushka Kale

Child's Play

Rain Gods could not dampen the spirits

Chat over Chaat

Chef Shabbar

Festive Atmosphere

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Rahul Chaudhary in high elements

Circle of Friends!!!

NAVROZE
I
D
Fel lowsh i p

Jhappi Paa Le!!!

Sitting Pretty!!!

Everyone wants to be heard

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Under the Guidance & Supervision of Prez. Atul Shah, Shabbar
Shakir and Mahendra Kamath, PNavroze & Eid Fellowship was
organised on 19th August. Nearly 300 Rotary family members
attended the fellowship which was held in perfect spirit of
monsoon. A small Hawker Zone was created and everyone
enjoyed the Bhuttas, Channachors & Sev puris on the Thela
itself.
Two Funny Games "Ye Item mujhe dede Thakur" & "Funny
Sawal Stupid Jawab" were enjoyed by almost all. Children also
enjoyed their counter games, maggi, giggles & tattoos.
A little different lipsmacking menu was arranged on the special
occasion of Eid & Navroze and as always appreciated by all.
All this was with the total help and support of Parul Shah,
Shweta Singh, Swati Agrawal, Varsha Paranjpe, Ruchi
Chaudhary, Mamta Kanga, Sarang Kale, Raj Shah & Neeru
Bhatia.
- Rahul Chaudhary & Anushka Kale

Child's Play

Rain Gods could not dampen the spirits

Chat over Chaat

Chef Shabbar

Festive Atmosphere

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Rahul Chaudhary in high elements

Circle of Friends!!!

NAVROZE
I
D
Fel lowsh i p

Jhappi Paa Le!!!

Sitting Pretty!!!

Everyone wants to be heard

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HEALTH CHECK UP

A very successful General Health Check Up
and Sickle Cell Diagnostic Camp was
organized by Slum development Committee
for children between the age group of 6
months to 14 years at Mariumnagar Slum on
Sat 25th Aug from 11- 3 PM. This project was
taken up with co-operation and noble services
of Dr. Dipti Jain and her team of Doctors from
GMC comprising of Dr Amol Bhandarwar, Dr
Yogesh Trivedi, Sheetal Thelkar, Poonam
Bagte, and Sanghrakshit Jambulkar.
The camp started with an awareness talk on
sickle cell followed by thorough checks up of
children including height, weight and were

SICKLE CELL DIAGNOSTIC CAMP FOR CHILDREN

then examined for all health related problems.
Blood test for sickle cells was done of every
child. Fortunately all the results were negative.
A few critical cases were also diagnosed. A 13
year old girl was suffering from hole in the
heart, another was a suspected case of
chicken gunya, scabies, slow milestone etc.
Counseling of parents of these children's was
done.
Dr Dipti Jain referred these critical cases to
GMC for further treatment. A constant follow
up will be done and all possible help will be
given to the patients. This was the first ever
health check up camp to detect sickle cell held

33 patients.
Selected for Surgery : 25
路 21 major and 4 minor
路 the major surgeries which are planned arestapedectomy- 1, Mastoidectomy with
tympanoplasty- 4 and tympanoplasty- 16.

WELFARE OF THE SPECIALLY ABLED

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The festive atmosphere was missing due to
demise of Union Cabinet Minister from
Maharashtra but the enthusiasm was very
much visible amongst the inmates of the
school. The occasion was distribution of
hearing aid on Independence day at
Government Handicap School. These hearing
aids were procured through the generous
donation of Dr Belsare and family. The
beneficiary were earlier identified and aids
were accordingly customized by Dr Neena
Parikh for them. Before the start of the

in Mariumnagar slum. The response was
tremendous. More than sixty children
benefitted from this camp. We are thankful to
Dr Dipti Jain and her team for extending their
services. Biscuit packets were distributed to
the children. Thanks to coordinator Sulochana
for her help in reaching out to the needy for
such services. Director Parag Paranjpe, Hon
Secretary Shabbar Shakir were present and
appreciated the hard work of Chairpersons
Kusum Pande, Neerja Shukul, Ragini Sahu
and Pinky Batra.
-Ragini Sahu

program, rotarians also saw the speech
therapy unit and physiotherapy unit donated
by our club earlier. It was satisfying to see
good use of these instruments and the benefit
which is accruing to inmates. The project
began at 10am. President Atul in his address
thanked Dr Belsare for his generous donation
and reaffirmed club's support to the school.
School incharge Mr Santape and teacher
incharge Mr Dinesh made excellent
arrangements. Dr Rajesh Singhvi who coordinated the project was also present. Large

FOOD FACTS
When computers hadn't come of age and
grandma's medical advice was considered to
be the last word on health care – a bunch of
myths gained a stronghold.
In the present times, when access to the
internet is possible, lots of such myths have
been debunked. However, it's still difficult to
disregard the time tested advice.
Speaking from personal experience, I can say
that with my first born, 'one egg a day' was a
must. A couple of years down the line it was
said that cholesterol build-up started from a
young age. Well, with my second born it was
not more than 'two egg yolks a week'.
And now ? It turns out to be one more myth.
According to the Heart Foundation, 300mg of
cholesterol per day is recommended. Stay
within those limits remembering that each egg
contains 200mg of cholesterol.
So, go ahead enjoy your egg. Wives, make
him a fried egg with one yolk and two whites.
Its tried and tested, believe me, and there
have been no complaints.

Cooking robs fruits and veggies of nutrients.
Another myth! May be true to some extent but
remember cooking softens the veggies and
makes them easier to chew and release more
nutrients. Take the middle path and go for stir
fried or sautéed food.
Do you avoid nuts because they are fattening?
They do have fat but it is of the good kind. Dry
roasted peanuts, for example, are good.
Researchers are of the view that fat in nuts
make you feel full and reduces hunger. There
you go, dieters! Eat nuts without guilt pangs!
Don't eat yoghurt at night! That's another myth
I grew up with. Now, my dinner is not complete
without a bowl of 'dahi' smothered with sugar!
Only because my doc rubbished that belief !!
While we are talking about myths related to
food, let us also know the facts.
DID YOU KNOW THAT :
- Anti-oxidants such as the vitamin C in red
capsicum fight inflammation?
- Beans, whether dried, canned or frozen –
are rich sources of folate, the B vitamin that

SADABAI RAISONI WOMENS COLLEGE

The Students……
Conitnuing with our program of grooming the
Next Generation of the society,
Rotary club of Nagpur organized a workshop
on
Interview Skills For the students of Sadabai
Raisoni Womens
College.The Workshop was conducted by
Rtn.Mr.Sharad Bhave.
Rtr Sayali Deshmukh welcomed him. At the
outset President Atul Shah addressed the

HEALTH FREAK
guards against heart
attacks?
- Legumes (beans, peas and lentils) are a
rich source of protein, high in complex
carbohydrates and low in fat.
- Eating small amounts of good fat makes a
healthy diet?
- Vinegar keeps post-meal spikes in blood
sugar down by 30 to 55% ?
- Leaves from broccoli stalks have more
vitamin A than the florets?
- Pomegranate juice has both antiinflammatory and anti-oxidant powers?
- High potassium levels in sultanas
(kishmish) can help reduce blood
pressure?
- Indian food is particularly rich in ingredients
that bolster the immune system?
- Spinach contains many healing nutrients?
Well now, that's a lot of health talk for the timebeing. Next month, we shall bring you some
tried and tested recipe.
_Khushnoor S.Chugh

WORKSHOP ON TECHNICAL SKILLS

……. Dr Sharad Bhave……
students and
informed them about the significance of this
workshop for them.
Rtn. Sharad Bhave spoke about the
recruitment and selection in a corporate
world.He also spoke about the types of
interview a person can face in his life.He
provided the students with some important
techniques keeping in mind the Corporate
Recruitment strategy, which will surely help

…….and Sandeep Pathak
them for their placements.
More than 80 students actively participated in
the workshop.
The President, Rotary Club Of Nagpur, Atul
Shah encouraged the students and inspired
them to conduct many such activities.
Sandeep Pathak, Shabbar Shakir and Jatin
Sampat were also present. Shalakha
Gambhir delivered the Vote of Thanks.
- Shalakha Gambhir

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ROTARACT INSTALLATION

The installation ceremony of newly elected
members of the Rotaract club of Sadabai
Raisoni Women's College was conducted at
the Shradha House counselling hall,
Kingsway Nagpur, on 16th of August . The
ceremony started at 10:40am. Ateeba Khan
hosted the ceremony. The ceremony started
by lighting of the lamp by our President Atul
Shah and others present from our Rotary
Club. Tokens in the form of chocolate packs
were given and a welcome song sung by Ritu
and Mayuri . This was followed by handing

AT SADABAI RAISONI WOMEN’S COLLEGE
over the collar to Isha Khurana – president, by
the past president Peue Das and lapel pins to
the other board members by Isha in the
presence of Rotary President Atul Shah.
aSuruchi Pimple, coordinator of SRWC
enlightened the students with her aspiring
words, explaining to the students why being a
member of the Rotaract Club was so important
for improving one's conscious state and
realizing that each one of us has the will to do
better for society. Rtn Atul Shah was
impressed with the singers of the Welcome
Song and encouraged them to pursue their
art. Further he emphasised the need to make
a difference in the world, not just by big actions
but by every day smaller actions that
ultimately become a movement to reckon with!
He encouraged the Rotaract members to
participate in all events and to take benefit of
workshops and seminars arranged for them.
Peue Das, the past President spoke of her
amazing and eye opening experience in

Rotaract and her growth in the club, while the
newly elected president Isha Khurana
expressed her pleasure to take up the high
responsibility position with grit, conviction and
willpower to do her best!
Hon. Secretary Shabbar Shakhir, director
youth services Sandeep Pathak, President
elect Prashant Kale, RCC Jatin Sampat, RCC
Sapna Vastani, Rotary Ann Farzana Haque
and DRR Malhar Deshpande, Prashant
Rajurkar also graced the ceremony with their
presence. The ceremony ended at 11.30am
with a vote of thanks by Shalakha Gambhir
and National Anthem sung by everyone.
Lastly the Installation was ended with some
refreshing tea and snacks, giving a chance for
some informal chatter with all present.
A highly well managed and interactive
ceremony indeed… Kudos to Sadabai!
-Farzana Haque

TULI COLLEGE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT

Installation Meeting of the Rotaract Club of
Tuli college of Hotel Management was held at

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the college premises on 28th of August @12.00
noon. The meeting was called to order and
after the lighting of the lamp a floral welcome
was accorded to all the dignitaries present.
The Report of the last year was presented by
the rotaractors. Rtr. Abhishek Singh took over
as President of the Club while Rtr Vaibhav
Goyal took charge as thee Hon. Secretary. Rt.
Ann Urvashi Yashroy in her capacity as the
Director of the Institute addressed the
gathering and asked the rotaractors present to
involve themselves in the activities of the club

and focus on becoming better citizens. In his
address our President Elect Rtn Prashant
Kale emphasised on the need for self and
community development. He also asked all
present to understand and follow the Four
Way Test in all aspects of their lives for a
Peaceful aqnd better tomorrow. Also present
on the occasion were Hon Secretary Rtn
Shabbar Shakhir, Director New Generations
Rtn Sandeep Pathak, RCC Rtn Jatin Sampat
& college in-charge Rt. Ann Amruta Thakur.
- Amruta Thakur

AT THE HOME OF GAURI AND MONAL MALJI

Prizes....
A Take Rotary Home was organized at Monal
& Gauri Malji's house on Saturday 11th August
2012.
They were the perfect host for the evening with
a beautiful ambience set by them on their
rooftop and with full co-operation from the rain
Gods, the climate became awesome.
There were a total 15 couples including the
host and our President. Rotary information
was shared by PP Arun Bhargava, wherein he

TAKE ROTARY HOME

....Friendships ....
informed us about the membership strength of
various Rotary Clubs around the globe. We
stand at 36th number at the International level,
where as in India we are the 3rd largest club,
Kudos!.
Keeping our members on toes, Jayshree
Singhee introduced two lovely musical games
which were enjoyed by all. Cadbury
chocolates were given as prizes to the
winners.

.....and more Prizes
Finally, it was time for the food cooked and
brought by our lovely Rotarian cooks. One
thing is for sure - we can beat any cook around
the world. The sumptuous food, taste, and the
menu set by Chairpersons Manju Bhatia &
Sangeeta Parekh was fantastic and liked by
all.
Vote of Thanks was proposed by Jatin
Sampat.
-Manju Bhatia & Sangeeta Parekh

WORKSHOP ORGANISED FOR STUDENTS OF SADABAI RAISONI

Beena makes a point
Can workshops be entertaining?
Sure !!! Why not? Driving your point to the
students need not come only from bygones or
archives but it can be brought to them through
funny & fresh live experiences. The topic was
'Secrets of public speaking & body language'.
The Speaker was Beena Mathew who had

only one thing in mind- not to lecture but to
interact, to set the right feeling, to give an
experience & turn every student into an active
performer.
On 7th August morning 10 am, more than 80
management students of Raisoni College
gathered important tips on the topic. Many
reluctants turned participants by the end. A
video clipping on the spectacular entry of
Michael Jackson was one of the highlights.
Sonal Singhvi maintained the fun quotient of
the workshop with interesting activities. PP
Vijay Naidu enlightened 'rotaractism' in them.
Hon.Sec Shabbar Shakir, Dir New
Generations Sandeep Pathak, Rotarians
Dinesh Naidu Vikram Naidu,Tushar Singhvi,
Smita Bhargava, Kusum Pandey and First
Lady Shefali Shah made their valuable

The students absorb it all
presence. Not to forget the hardworking duo
Jatin Sampat and Sapna Vastani whose co
ordinated teaming with Rotaractors & the
youth committee resulting in such 'life skills'
programs for the youths. Still many more miles
to go!
-Beena Mathew

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WORKSHOP ON BREAST FEEDING
Talk On Benefits Of Breast Feeding In Four
Slums
On 13th and 16th Aug- Slum Dev And Women
Upliftment Comm
Due to paucity of time and as a matter of
convenience, mothers these days opt for top
feed as a substitute for breast milk to feed their
infants. During the' Breast Feeding Week' , to
spread awareness on importance and
benefits of breast feeding, Slum Dev Comm
organised a talk on Mon 13th August in
Panchpaoli and Indora slum and on Thurs
16th Aug in Krishnanagar and Mariumnagar
slum between 3 to 5 p.m.A very eminent
speaker and award winner in this field Dr
Aasolkar, Past President of Matru Seva Sangh
spoke for this noble cause.
A gathering of more than 30 married and
unmarried women were present in each slum.
Dr. Aasolkar very aptly explained the
importance of mother's milk and its nutritive
values. Suckling is natural by birth and
mother's milk is best for a child's health which

VOCATIONAL TRAINING

A Work shop was arranged on 28th August
2012 at 1 PM in Seva Sadan Durbal Manask
Mulanchi Shala (MSS) for inmates &
caretakers. On the request of the
management, they were taught an advanced
course on Permanent Rangoli through ply cutouts. The concept & process of manufacturing

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apart from mother's love and affection gives
immunity specially from colostrum-first milk
produced, psychological security,higher
intelligence,orthodontic benefits and a good
digestion ability to the new born.
Various doubts and myths were cleared and
queries were answered convincingly. The
program was a grand success in motivating
and encouraging the women folk about their
rights and duties as a mother towards their
new born.
The talk was followed by a brief discussion on
"General Health And Hygiene " by Rtn Kusum

Pande. How taking care of cleanliness in and
around the house can prevent many diseases
was explained. Keen interest was shown by
the women present. The project concluded
with distribution of nailcutters and soap to
women present. PP Tauby, Dir Parag
Paranjape, Timmy Bawa, Shifali Shah, Sachin
Palliwal graced the project. Chairpersons
Nirja Shukul, Kusum Pande Pinky Batra and
Ragini Sahu gave full contribution and support
to make the project a success.
-Ragini Sahu

SEVA SADAN DURBAL MANASK MULANCHI SHALA

had been well understood by the participants.
Around 12 participants attended the
Workshop.
Rt Ann Sadhana Paliwal had conducted the
workshop & was helped by Rt Ann Neelima
Malani (also the President of Inner Wheel), Rt
Ann Geeta Rao, Rtn. Shabbar Shakir

(Secretary) & Rtn. Sharad Paliwal.
Mrs. Smita Chate Principal and other office
bearers of the institution were also present
and had appreciated the workshop.
All the 120 inmates and staff were also served
with refreshments.
-Sadhana Paliwal

VICE PRESIDENT BHARAT GOENKA

Bharat & Jyoti Goenka
Bharat Goenka, the Vice President of our club,
impresses you with his simplicity and easy
demeanor. He is the quintessential 'Raymond'
man, disciplined, caring and stylish!!
Not himself a Nagpurite, Bharat hails from
Akola, a city colonised by the
SawatramRamprasad family when they set up
a composite textile mill there in 1911. Bharat
was born in this very prestigious family to Smt.
Padma and Shri Niranjan Kumar Goenka in
1956. Grandmother Smt. Radha Devi
Goenka, was a freedom fighter and close
associate of Mahatma Gandhi and other great
leaders of that time and entered politics to be a
MLA & minister in regime of Ravishankarji
Shukla. The Goenka family have initiated a
number of charitable institutions in Akola and
are also involved in other philanthropic
activities.A charitable institution runs a girl
college, boys school, girls school, CBS school
and hostel for women, providing education to
over 4500 students right from KG to PG, at
negligible fees.
Bharat does not have too many memories of
his early childhood except that he got a
second lease on life when their sprawling
wooden haveli was set to fire in the dead of
night when the family was sleeping, and he
was nearly left behind in the subsequent
melee. It was his cousin who remembered him
at the last moment and pulled him out.Thank
God for her presence of mind.
His primary education was at Holy Cross
Convent, Akola and then he did his Senior
Cambridge from The Scindia School, Gwalior.
When he talks of his formative years at

Scindia, the pleasure and
excitement on his face is a sight to
behold. Apart from academics, he
was exposed to a completely
d i ff e r e n t w o r l d w h e r e h e
participated in all kind of sportsriding, field games and athletics.
His Principal and English teacher
instilled a deep passion for English
Literature in him. Having enrolled
in the air wing of NCC, created in
him a fascination for the Serviceshe wanted to join the NDA and
then the Air Force. But hailing from a business
family, he was discouraged from doing so and
his dream remained unrealised. Bharat then
did his B.Sc.(Maths) and B.Com. from Akola to
facilitate his entry into business and
agriculture.
Although not business-oriented, he dared to
challenge the two Tea multinationals and
brought in truckloads of tea from the Northeast
and started his own successful blending and
branding of loose tea under the brand name of
â&#x20AC;&#x153;AmritChaayâ&#x20AC;?. According to Bharat, he would
give only 6-7 years to any business and move
on to another, and that resulted in numerous
ventures ranging from white cement, ceramic
tiles, farming, oil mill to his current one of
building finishing materials and Ferro-alloys.
Coming to Nagpur was also by accident when
his distributor backed out and he had to start
his own office here, as Nagpur was a growing
and flourishing market. The family then finally
moved here in 1997.
Bharat, the small-town, dapper-looking
Scindian married the just-out-of-school,
effervescent, Breach-Candy girl Jyoti in 1979.
He was completely floored by her in their first
meeting and even under family pressure he
put his foot down to consider any other
proposals. They complemented each other
perfectly and Jyoti remembers the first four
years of their marriage (till the children
happened) as an extended honeymoon. They
are the proud parents of daughters Megha and
Kanika, who are married and son Yash, who is
pursing CA and B.Com and is also an
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Jyoti have inculcated a sense of self-reliance
and social responsibility in their children.
Bharat owes his introduction to Rotary club of
Nagpur in 1994 to Dr. ManmohanDaga and
Kanu Mokha, though earlier he was a charter
member of R.C of Akola East for four years.
The club definitely helped him in establishing
himself in Nagpur and on this platform he has
cultivated numerous very close friendships.
He especially remembers his work with the
Nutrition Committee& Centennial Project with
a sense of pride and achievement. His current
term as Vice-President is not very demanding
and he's enjoying his easy-going Directorship.
Down the line, he sees himself as an active
Rotarian, lending his silent support from the
sidelines.
Although Bharat enjoys the quiet lifestyle and
social scene at Nagpur, he feels nostalgic
about his life in Akola- the recognition that he
enjoyed as the scion of the Goenka family, the
sense of achievement that he got as a
agricuklturist, 'creating value from nothing'.
Given a chance, he would go back to his work
on the fields, desk jobs are definitely not for
him. He sometimes feels guilty about bringing
Jyoti to Akola from Bombay, but Jyoti
commends him highly for letting her live life
her way and for backing her in all her
decisions. Their mutual understanding and
respect has indeed seen them shining
together at all times.
According to Bharat, his USP is his innate
sense of discipline and deep respect for
elders. He abhors any kind of complacency
and that is also his negative quality which
makes him 'finicky' in his own words, often
making him lose his temper and reasoning. He
is a fitness enthusiast who would not miss his
morning walk and exercise regime for
anything (the morning gossip and breakfast
sessions included).
As you get to know him further, you cannot
remain unaffected by his intelligence and
deep understanding of people. To people who
know him closely (yours truly being one of
them), he's the Rock of Gibraltar- solid, stable,
always giving comfort and support.
-AnjuBansal

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TREASURE HUNT

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We take pride in the fact that our club has great systems and
traditions. Here, not just the Club President , but the entire Board of
Directors and most of the Committee Chairpersons and members
take the assignment seriously and excel in the given job. In our
club with 328 members, we have 65 Committees and more than 180
chairpersons who carry out numerous projects with great
enthusiasm, using talent and resources. No wonder, we end up
dishing out more than 300 worthy projects year after year. This
treasure hunt is the first one in the 'Committee Chairs' series!
In the puzzle above, you have to search for surnames of 24
Rotarians who are Committee Chairpersons in Rotary Year 201213. No Rocket Science this..... All that you have to do is to pick up
your club file, refer the various Committees, get surnames and
start locating them in the Criss-Cross, in a single straight line, in any
possible direction....left to right, right to left, top to bottom, bottom to
top, slanting left to right, slanting right to left, slanting top to bottom or
bottom to top. Simple ! Isn't it? After spotting these 24 Committee Chairs,
you will be left with 14 unused letters spread helter skelter.Using all these,
in proper order and adding 'S' to it, build up a Committee Chairpersons
surname that is longest in our Club!
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/email the all correct response to me at vishwasdg3030@ yahoo.com and
give a tinkle on my cell no. 94221 06570 before 27th September, 2012.
Lucky winner will be decided through draw of lots from all correct entries at
the business meeting scheduled on 4th October 2012. Everyone in the
Rotary family of our club and District is eligible to contest. Come on!Tickle
your grey cells !! All the best !!!
-PDG Vishwas Sahasrabhojanee

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION 3H GRANT AT KOLKATA

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I had been to Kolkata, as TRF Cadre Technical
Adviser on Rotary mission as Interim Monitor
to inspect Health-Hunger-Humanity Grant #
66532 from 17th to 20th July,2012.
The project is for integrated village
development at Piyali Junction and four
nearby villages, east of Kolkata. Rotary Club
of Calcutta Metropolitan, RID 3291 are the
host sponsor of this grant worth USD
330,000/- ( ie. approx Rs. 1.8 Crores).
Rotary Club of Santa Ynez Valley, California
and RID 5240, USA are the primary
international sponsors while six other Rotary
Clubs in District 5240, USA , viz. Ojai, Ojai
West, Santa Barbara Sunrise, Simi Sunset,
Tousand Oaks and Ventura have also lent
helping hand. PACE Universal, USA are the
collaboraters. PACE Universal is a charitable
organization headed by PDG Deepa
Wellingham, and rendering yeomen
humanitarian service in India, Mexico and
Africa. Deepa hails from Kolkata , is in close
touch with her roots and visits India often to
monitor welfare programs supported by her.
The 3H grant covers several facets of rural
development such as Literacy and
functional literacy ( including general
knowledge,simple accounting, concept of
banking and managing loan, hygiene, etc);
Water and Sanitation ( installing 25 bore
wells and 300 toilet blocks as per UNICEF
design, Rain water harvesting, cleaning and
de silting community ponds etc); Health and
Welfare
( administering various
immunization vaccines, de worming, general
and specialized health checkups and
treatment for Heart, Eye, ENT, Skin, Dental
,HIV prevention, etc);Infrastructure and
Environment
( planting 10,000 fruit
bearing trees,constructing connecting roads,

establishing cooperative vegetable gardens
and animal husbandry, awareness against
Polythene menace etc); and Vocational
Training ( Sewing, Knitting, Computers,
artificial jewelry etc); and Microcredit to 300
women from four villages trained under
vocational guidance .
Calcutta Metropolitan Club was founded in
1985 and has 64 members- all leaders in their
vocation and community, and is an
Outstanding Rotary Club on all counts. In RY
2011- 12 they contributed a whopping USD
116,000/-(Rs 64 Lacs) to the Rotary
Foundation, thus topping per capita giving (
USD 1,812. per member) in RI Zone 4 and in

India. They also perhaps top the chart in
implementing Matching Grant and 3H projects
in the world. Their Grant history is
interesting.... they have thus far completed
and closed 40 MG projects, one 3H and one
HG grant projects in Kolkata and around,
total costing USD 1,525,000/ ( i.e. Rs 8.54
Crores), supported medical mission project in
Bangladesh and Nigeria costing USD
2,599,272 ( i.e. Rs 14.55 crores).
Besides, presently they have 20 open and
ongoing Matching grants and 3H 66532 worth
similar amount. Their MG projects are spread
in Meghalaya, entire west Bengal ,
Bangladesh, Nigeria, Australia, and USA. In

the 21 running MG projects, they are host
sponsors of 15 grants and International
sponsors of 6 grants under execution in
Nigeria, Bangladesh, Australia and USA. I was
with the project committee for three days.
On 18th July I addressed Calcutta
Metropolitan's organizing committee
members and project contacts handing the
various aspects of the 3H 66532. The club
deserves high praise for the dedication and
the sheer magnitude of the humanitarian
projects they are handling. The team
members include PPs Jayanta Chatterjee,
Jayanta Neogi, Primary Contact Club
Secretary Subir Dutta, Club President
Seema Daga, , Dr Naresh Goyal, Bimal Pal,
Anjan Das, Maitrayee Ghosh, Dibyendu
Banerjee, & Dr Neerja Rateria. The club has
ten luminaries as Honorary members
including Pandit Jasraj , Bickram Ghosh and
Deepa Wellingham.
I also visited and met DG 3291 Uttam
Ganguly, several PDGs
and DRFC
Debashish Mitra and DGSC Vishnu
Dhandhania . They all were highly impressed
with the functioning of Calcutta Metropolitan
and their exceptional efforts in rendering
Herculean humanitarian service far and near.
I exchanged our Club flag with RCCM
President Seema and presented a few issues
of The Golden Orange.
HATS OFF to Rotary Club of Calcutta
Metropolitan for what they are, and thank you
my new friends from Bhadralok Bangla for the
warmth and hospitality! Haven't yet lost the
flavor of Maccher zol , Singadas Mishti Dohi
and Sondesh !!!
-PDG Vishwas Sahasrabhojanee

The issue for this month is:
X PRESS
Are women equally if not more responsible for discriminating against and targeting
the girl child? Pre-natal sex determination, diet and nutrition, seeking timely medical
help, choice of career, quality and length of education etc are all areas where women
in the family are equally or more responsible for the decisions taken, but find it convenient to blame the men-folk and society
in general.

Dr Shubhada Gade:
Compliments for raising an
important issue. It's true that
nowadays women are
considered equally
responsible for all the
decisions taken in the family.
But this is applicable to only a
very small fraction of the society; I should say
only the creamy layer to which a few belong.
Needless to mention rural areas, even in higher
middle class urban families, women get second
class treatment. Majority of the women can't
take major decisions. May be for this reason she
is a part of targeting the girl child, apart from the
other being the burning issue of dowry prevalent
in society even today.

Rita Aggarwal: In a
patriarchal society where men
rule and control the resources
the decisions at home are
made by the male heads.
Statistics show how much
money is spent on women's
education and health issues compared to the
development of males. Discrimination of women
prevails in all walks of life. Yes, male dominated
values are imbibed by women too as they
become transmission agents of the sickness of
civilization.

Dr Vandana Hazra: I think it is
wrong to say that women are
more responsible for a girl
child's woes (in the womb and
outside)!! After all, the society
that targets the girl child is the
one that is conservative, does
not believe in gender equality
& treats a beti like “paraya dhan”! Obviously, the
decision making in such families rests with the
men of the household. Women are the puppets
(visible) and the men pull the strings (invisible).
Discrimination of any kind is due to a mindset
largely influenced by socio-economic, cultural,
educational & even real life experiences. It is
gender neutral - so the mindset needs to be
changed!

Divya Sharma: Mothers may
also be inclined towards sex
discrimination because of
pressures of society. The
'weaker' sex is subject to male
dominance and harassment,
prejudiced laws and unsafe
environment, with constant sacrifice and
compromise required! The pre-defined roles of
women in a family all point to a bias against
daughters even in today's world.

Amina Vali: No, I don't believe
that women are more
responsible for targeting the
girl child - our Indian Society is
to be blamed. It has
conditioned the female
thinking in such a way that it
makes her feel that bearing a
son would ensure a happy and secure life for
her. Also customs such as Dowry and the fact
that the last rites are to be performed by the male
child only have been instrumental in aiding this.

Neeta Kale: We are living in a
society which is so insulated
from reality that we genuinely
believe that discrimination of
this kind is a mindset of the
past. That a girl child is not
given the same welcome and
equal opportunities is actually a reality. A woman
does tend to put the blame on others because
she is the one who is subject to the social and
family pressures even if she does not always
agree with the decisions that are being taken
about her children.

Aneeta Patel: Maybe it is
India's outdated mindset that
dictates gender discrimination.
We're just emerging from the
agrarian era. The farmer
needed sons to till his fields –
daughters were not
considered of particular use. Or maybe it is the
dowry system that is to blame. The monetary
benefits of male offspring totally outweigh the
need for a gender balance in the home!
And let's face it; women are the worst enemies of
other women. The Chinese character for trouble
is two women under one roof! Most women's
dream of an ideal situation is being the only
female in the family!!
I remember in Mumbai while I was staying in a
working women's hostel there was a survey
done amongst the young ladies. We were asked
whether we would like to have sons or
daughters. Nine out of ten girls said sons!! The
reason given was that sons are better equipped
to look after ageing parents! And this was
supposed to be intelligent and educated women
earning their own living!!
Monica Bhagwagar: This is
pertinent to some sections of
the society. There are grey
areas depending on which
background or community you
hail from. In the lower and
middle class sections this
holds true. The conditioning of the female
psyche is groomed so from the very start and the
cycle continues from generation to generation.
The dictum that it is the male member who is the
head of the family and has to be the main bread
winner, shapes the thought process and the
behavior of society. Then there is so much
pressure to produce the male child, by the men
folk and the Mother in law (??!!!!). It becomes a
vicious circle who to blame …….

As the only male contributor to this discussion I know I am treading on thin ice and risk inviting the ire of most ladies. Almost all the contributors have typically
blamed society and men for shaping THEIR attitudes and thinking and absolved their sex as being helpless!!
This topic was raised with the sole view of bringing to the fore that to minimize gender discrimination, the obvious ones to lead the change are the affected sex
themselves!!
Most Indian women feel that producing a son enhances their position in the family and also look upon them as their means of security in old age. Daughters are
looked upon as being burdens (Paraya Dhan) and destined to suffer like their mothers. THIS mindset must change…….FIRST amongst women themselves!!
SOCIETY WILL FOLLOW!! No tyrant ever gave up power willingly, so it would be unrealistic to expect men to lead this change!! Change is only possible if boys and
girls are brought up without any discrimination and THAT is where mothers in particular have to be` far more pro-active than they are now. -PP Dr Sanjiv Chugh

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ADVANCE BOOKing
Vindhya's Wishlist
I'm a great fan of Nature cure centres, which I
try to go to atleast once a year. The kind of
lifestyles we lead, are so diametrically
opposed to what is considered healthy, that
despite the constant corrective action I take ( 2
days of partying equals 4/5 days of
abstinence), the late nights and the overly rich
food and drink all insidiously add up.
The best naturecure centre so far has turned
out to be Jindals in Bangalore, which I visited
and the book that I'm reviewing this month is a
publication of theirs.
' Nature Cure- Healing Without Drugs.'
This, easy to read book is published by their
institute, and offers clear and simple
instructions for their implementation at home.
Ofcourse not ALL the treatments listed can be
performed by a lay person, but there are
enough that CAN be done at home quite
effectively.
The foreword sets down the ethos of
naturopathy. The author believes that nature is
the best healer and naturecure is the adoption
of natures own tools,the five great elementsEarth,Water,Air,Fire,and Space.
Many diseases can be avoided by following
healthy habits, taking good nutritious food. But
if diseases strike despite all these
precautions,it is better to cure them through
the edicts of naturopathy and yoga. Another
advantage it states, is that it IS a drugless
therapy at the end of the day, and free from
any ill-effects of chemicals.
In todays chemical infested day and age,
where virtually nothing is free from some
artificial addition, this becomes all the more
attractive.
Part 1 deals with Compresses and
Fomentation, Baths, jet spray massages,
enemas, mud therapy, physiotherapy and
diet.
For example, a cold compress is used to
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the internal organs,whereas hot
and cold compresses are used to
stimulate the skin surface
collaterally related to an internal part.
While there, every morning we were given
abdominal mud packs . Since coming back,
every morning, before getting out of bed, I put
a jelly pack- from the fridge, wrapped in a
napkin, on my stomach for 15 minutes. This
was the substitute recommended by the
doctors. According to them, the internal
organs of our body function non-stop, 24/7 ,

and this creates friction between them which
creates heat. The use of an abdominal pack
diffuses this heat, removes gasses formed in
the stomach and the sudden cold placed over
the abdomen causes the internal organs to
contract, which in turn stimulates them and
their functioning. One more benefit of this pack
is that it decreases appetite! Jelly packs are
available in any medical shop and can be
permanently kept in the freezer or fridge for

easy accessibility and use.
Part 2 deals with diseases and their
treatments which includes metabolic
disorders, digestive diseases, disorders of the
musculo-skeletal system, respiratory,
cardiovascular, menstrual, uro-genital and
disorders of the nervous system. Colon
hydrotherapy and acupuncture are also
discussed.
A simple treatment is the one for headaches.
Put your feet in a bucket of hot water and pat
some cold water on the centre of your head.
This action drains the blood AWAY from the
head towards and feet, and relieves the
headache .
The other treatment which I occassionally use
at home on both my husband and myself is a
gastro-hepatic compress used to stimulate the
liver and kidneys. Its a very simple procedure
involving a blanket, a thick sheet, a hot water
bottle and an ice bag. You fold the blanket
lengthwise till its breadth is no more than 2 feet
wide and place it on the bed. Over the blanket
you place the folded up sheet again
lengthwise. Lay the sheet horizontally and,
place the hot water bottle filled with bearable
hot water 42C. Lie down on this. Over your
abdomen place the icebag filled with ice cold
water. Cover the bag and with the ends of the
sheet and blanket and lie there for 45 minutes.
This stimulates the kidneys. The reversal of
the hot water bottle and icebag, ie. ice bag
under the spine and hot bottle over the
abdomen turns this into a treatment for the
liver. Please remember, these 2 treatments
HAVE to be done on different days.
We are all used to allopathic medicines,
because they are strong, effective and show
quick results. But, after experiencing first hand
the effectiveness of natural treatments I was
motivated to buy this book and practice as
much as I can at home. On a lighter note, this
book is a Must read for those suffering from
"Enema Phobia"! You know who you
are...Read the book!
-Vindhya Sanjana

YOU ARE WHAT YOU ARE...
An old man, staying in a small south Indian
town came to visit his son in Bombay recently.
The son in his early thirties is a successful
businessman
living with his wife and son. The father, having
spent most of his life at his birthplace, hardly
understands a splatter of Hindi or English,
forget Marathi. But he doesn't care. 'I have
come here to spend a few days with my son
and his family. I don't have to go out and
socialize with the city people,' he said. But the
son is very excited about his father's rare visit
to Bombay. He wants to make the best of it. He
and his wife want to show him around the city.
And yes, the son enjoys those evening hours
too, when he and his father go out and sit in a
good bar, sipping their favorite drink.
Last week he was in a very good mood. 'Let's
go to a five star hotel's bar tonight,' he told his
father. It was a beautiful evening. Talking
about everything under the sun they had a few
drinks. As usual they were offered some salad,
peanuts, wafers etc. .as accompaniments with
their drinks. The old man being almost
toothless was not much interested in eating.
But that day when they got up to leave, he
simply took a handful of chana (roasted
grams) and stuffed it in the fold of his dhoti. He
might have thought about munching on them,
sitting in the car, or whatever. Unfortunately
while walking in the lobby, he missed a step
and stumbled. Down he went, scattering the
chana on the plush carpet. No problem .Now
try to visualize that scenario. Someone else in
his son's place would have been mortified,
embarrassed to death. He might have cursed
not his father but his own self for causing this

awkward situation.
'Never again will I take my old man to such
hotels', he would have vowed. No sir, not this
son. Gently, with a smile, he helped his father
get back on his feet. Instead of feeling irritated
or angry, he was amused. He found the whole
incident very funny. Laughing, they both went
home and on the way they decided to return to
the same place the following Sunday. The old
man liked the place and liked the chana too.
Few days back, at a friend's place they both
described this event and made everybody
laugh. Weren't you embarrassed? Somebody
asked the son. 'Oh, come on now' replied the
son. 'He is my father. He talks in his native
language, prefers to wear a dhoti even to a
posh city hotel, takes chana from the bar to eat
later, does whatever he feels like.... So what?
Why should I feel embarrassed with his nature
and habits? Nobody has a right to stop him
from doing whatever he feels comfortable
with, as long as it is not harmful to others.'
The son doesn't care what the staff in the hotel
thought about that incident. He says 'they
should be concerned only with their bills and
tips. I am concerned about my father's
happiness.' The wife too totally agrees with the
husband on this issue. She feels there are
enough other qualities in her father- in- law to
feel proud of. Accept them .The above
incident is not mentioned just to show the
love and devotion of a son for his father. More
than love it is a matter of understanding and a
healthy respect for the other person's lifestyle.
A seventy plus old man doesn't want to change
his lifestyle now. He likes the way he eats or
dresses or talks. In his eyes there is nothing

HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY A BAWA ?
1. If he looks at the clock and tell the time by
saying, "It's time for a drink!”
2. When looking at a pretty girl and describing
her to his wife as though she was made of
delectable items of food !
3. Eggs are God's Gift and he has the birthright to eat them whenever he wants,
wherever he wants & as many as he wants.
4. The greatest catastrophe he has faced is
that the liquor is over at home.
5. The second greatest catastrophe is the
eggs getting over at home.
6. Dhansak is a dish of 4th day mourning.
Which gives him the God-given right to have it
every Sunday, in mourning for the Monday to
come.

7. He has at least 3 relatives with the same
first-name (e.g Freni, Keti, Banu etc), causing
him to add suffixes such as “gandi” (mad),
“lukhhi” (thin or miserly) and “nalli” /”motti”
(younger/older).
8. M.C & B.C are completely non-offensive &
normal terms of endearment in completely
civil language. The closer the friend, the
weirder the swear word.
9. He has one crazy passion that he just
cannot let go of, from the age of 9 to the age of
90, be it cars, bikes, flying, cricket, repairing
clocks, stamp collection, coin collection,
painting, music, dance, drama or movies.
10. Helping a friend in need is as natural at
breathing to him. He does not think about it, it
just happens automatically, most of the time

BOBBY'S BUBBLES
wrong with the old ways of
living. And the son says, ok,
fine. Every body has a right to live as per his
wish. Now at his age, why should he be forced
to learn to eat with a fork and knife, if he
doesn't want to? I will feel bad if he is doing
something morally wrong or indulging in some
harmful activities. But otherwise it is fine. I am
not going to try to change him at this stage. He
is my father. I love him, respect him. Hey folks,
can you think this way? So many times we see
people getting embarrassed by the so called
unsophisticated behavior of their family
members. They keep on apologizing about
their lack of class and manners or about their
drawbacks to outsiders. My wife can't speak
proper English; she doesn't know what's
happening in the world, so I avoid taking her
out or introducing her to my friends and
business associates... My parents can't eat
with a spoon and fork, so I don't take them to
restaurants. My husband is working as an
ordinary clerk, so I feel awkward when I
introduce him to my rich friends. My brother is
mentally challenged, so I don't feel like going
out with him... Are you plagued with such
thoughts or do you meet such people who
think alike? If you do, please ask yourself. Why
do others or I feel this way? Really what is
there to feel ashamed of? Most of the people
always have this fear of other peoples'
opinions and comments. What would others
say? Nothing.. You are what you are..
With inputs from messages received in email
-Bobby Srinivas
circuit

GIMI MORE
without him realizing it.
11. He knows one Bawa joke for
every Sardar joke he ever heard.
12. He knows one Sardar joke for every Gujju
joke he ever heard.
13. He knows one Gujju joke for every Bawa
joke he ever heard
14. He is on a first name basis with the
Almighty, and a couple of swear words while
addressing any Higher power is purely out of
familiarity
15. He never make enemies and neither does
he forget them! Contradiction? That's who
they are ! Impossible? That's what they are !
-PP Shiraz Gimi

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KIDZZZONE
Hey young friends…
This year we have decided to give you youngsters
an opportunity to contribute to the Golden Orange
through one whole page by you, for you, with lots of
experiences, facts, trivia and entertainment sent by
your friends. Since this is a monthly feature, I
request more of you to contribute. Feel free to
participate in this page. Share your talent, views,
fun experience etc. I am just a call away.
Do contact me on 9923022299 or on mamtakanga
@gmail.com or on facebook ;-)
EXPERIENCE OF A LIFE TIME

How amazing it feels to see the
whole family along with King Of
the Jungle!
Have you ever experienced
that? I did.
Flash. Flash. Flash. I clicked 576 pictures of
the lions. Every move, every expression was
captured. I stood speechless, numb, just
staring at them. 13 Cute, chubby cubs, 3
lionesses and 1 Lion! Amazing.
We were in the Kruger city of South Africa. Our
resort was basically placed in the centre of a
jungle and the resort had no fencing! Quite
adventurous, huh?
The 3 days we spent there, we woke up early,
at 5am, got ready and left for the game drive.
The game drive is supposed to be a drive
where in we play the game of hide and seek
with the animals. We have to find out animals!
The driver of the long open safari jeep was
very strict. While seated in his jeep, we had to
follow certain rules and regulations which
cannot dared to be disobeyed. No eating
allowed (without which it's really difficult for
Indians to survive),No taking allowed (thank
god. We were allowed to click photographs at
least!). The earlier game drives were meant to
be very exciting but the unexpected
happened and we saw nothing more than a
few elephants, deer, buffaloes, rhinoceros
and leopard. The day we finally got the
treasure of staring at the Kings & Queens was
our last game drive as we had to leave for
exploring more of South Africa. And this time
we had lost all hopes of getting a glimpse of
the Lions but again the unexpected happened
and we got a wonderful surprise!
It was indeed a life time experience and I
would like to suggest you all to do visit South
Africa and thoroughly enjoy the breathtaking
beauty and adventurous Safaris!
– Aatima Bhatia
Daughter of Vishal & Rakhi Bhatia

BEING A STUDENT
Being a student is quiet hard.
Shouting teachers and that discipline card !
Just feel like you're a retard.
But still it sounds fun.
History, Civics, Geography ,Maths !
Making fun of the guy who's fat.
School wali masti !
Awesome wali masti !
When that weird teacher
Enters the class,
We all had a hearty laugh.
That irritating complainer
Who always ruined everything
And those little angry fights
For those playground swings.
Being a student is quite hard.
Shouting teachers and that discipline card !
Just feel like you're a retard
But still it sounds fun :)
- Riddhi Tank
Daughter of Pritesh & Shipra Tank
PARSI FOOD RHYME
Breakfast of toast and butter,
Cheese n bacon will always
do,
Along with Sunny-Side-up
eedoo;
Yet nothing to beat aapro sev n ravo
Sprinkled generously with mevo
Or eedapak,baddampak or vasanoo.
Curry and rice is all very nice
With pomfret,meat or prawns galore,
I love all types,i'll take any type,
Be it of Goa, Madras or Mangalore
Aapro dhandaar ne patio
Pet bhari ne chatio,
Or simply dhanaar n that heavenly dish,
The incomparable patra-fish.
Dhansaak n Kebab;Simply La-jawab
Papeta ma ghosh,kid roast,
And all sort of veggies
With ghosh ofcourse.
But Parsi's real favourite is __ per eeda,
Be it potatoes,tomatoes,bhaaji or bheeda;
Kheema,chicken shreds, or brinjal,
Eeda goes rather well with 'em all!!
JAMVA CHALOJI
– Danesh Watchmaker
Son of Cyrus & Jerestin Watchmaker

C R E AT I V E W O R K S I N
FOCUS :
Vardaan, is a talented
youngster presently studying
in his final year at Tirpude
College. As a kid, he was really
into music which lead to his increasing
interest in learning how to play a musical
instrument. Initially he joined guitar classes
when he was 13 along with a friend, who
shared a similar interest. After a couple of
months he left the classes and started
practicing alone. A constant source of
encouragement and support was his mother
who helped him in keeping his dream alive.
His interest only increased in the years that
followed.
His band was formed in June of 2007 and he
along with his band-mates decided to call
themselves “Interruption”. Vardaan is the
lead guitarist of the band. Since then they
have been performing at a lot of places all
over the city.They have also performed in
college festivals and have won many of them
as well. Their influences are mostly from the
thrash metal band Metallica. They cover
some of their songs and have a lot of our own
original compositions.
My studies go along simultaneously, but the
music never stops. For further details vardaan
can be contacted on
vardaankhurana@gmail.com
Vardaan Khurana Son of Vikash & Sonia
Khurana
LITTLE HEARTS
I love rainy season. It's so
much fun watching raindrops
coming from the sky. I was
looking for an opportunity to
enjoy it completely. It was
raining on a Sunday morning. I always wanted
to go outside, enjoy the rains, take a walk and
simply jump in the water. It's so much fun. But
mom always stopped me fearing cold and
fever. Finally I asked papa to come with me
and also asked my little brother to join me.
Papa agreed but asked both of us to wear
raincoats. My little bro was looking so cute in
it. I too agreed but then took of raincoat after
some time. Papa simply smiled and ignored it.
What a nice time we had!! There was no traffic
and we could take a long walk. I was totally
wet but enjoyed it.
– Tanmay Paranjape
Son of Parag & Varsha Paranjape
-Mamta Kanga

EASY DIY IDEAS :

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Make funny moustaches
out of black felt….stick it
on drinking straws. Have
fun taking different
photos with your family
and friends :)

You're left with some
beautiful jewellery pieces
and don't want to chuck
them? Convert them into
trendy bookmarks!

Quick! Which was the “Most Improved Country” at the just concluded London
Olympics? With a 300% improvement over its previous appearance? Hint : It still has
won lesser medals throughout its history as a country, than Michael Phelps has, as an
individual. Hint : Its athletes cry when they win medals, not when they lose them. Last
Hint : Its Sports Minister has announced that in the next Olympics his country will aim
for an unheard-of 25 medals, breaking all previous records, silence all critics, win him
all elections and elevate him to demigod status. And you guessed it right. It is India!
But I bet you are smart enough to realise that Indians win in spite of, not because of
the system. Which should actually be enough for us to stand and applaud the efforts
of the athlete whose greatest victory was to counter these odds and emerge
victorious. In fact, I seriously believe that an Indian athlete can beat the world at
Decathlon, what with his ability to run from pillar to post, hurdle the 'babu' barriers,
swim through murky politics, jump over bureaucratic obstacles, throw his ambitions
into disarray and vault over fantastic odds to even compete at the international level.
Add to this the media glare that these athletes are put under once every four years.
Suddenly out of nowhere you hear difficult-to-pronounce names from a
hyperventilating reporter whose job it is to cover so-and-so athlete during his practice
and is utterly convinced in just two days of following said athlete around that said
athlete is a “bright medal prospect” .... said athlete stands around shuffling his feet,
trying to look confident, but completely unsure whether even his travel documents are
cleared and sanctioned. Of course, said athlete is mercilessly butchered by the same
media if he fails to live up to their expectations. And immediately after the world event,
our poor athletes are completely ignored for the media has to cover more important
“Breaking News” type matters. Like the Sports Minister's favourite buffalo delivering
quintuplets. Gimme a break!
The rot is at the root. World-level athletes are created, not born. And for that you need
world-level infrastructure at the grassroots. Which school do you know has facilities
that can nurture and hone talent? Which sports body do you know picks up talented
youngsters and moulds them into champions? Why go far? Look at Nagpur. The
authorities sanctioned and announced grand plans for modern stadia and sports
centers at Mankapur. One stadium was even constructed. Then what happened? It is
rotting today and is home to vagabonds, stray animals and other assorted creatures.
So now even this boils down to the bane of India ... corruption. Grandiose plans are
made only on paper. Over-inflated budgets fill the coffers of whichever party rules.
Sub-standard equipment is provided to athletes who are then supposed to become
world champions. And in spite of the efforts of the powers-that-be, some even do!
But all is not lost. If only we cared and dared to look deep within India, we would find
world class athletes right among us. The girls walking tightropes in Indian Melas. The
fishermen who swim treacherous waters in stormy seas for their livelihood. The
fragile looking women carrying loads heavier than themselves at numerous
construction sites. They can be moulded into world-beating athletes and yet they are
fighting desperately to get two square meals a day. What if they were given the diet of
Michael Phelps? I heard his daily calorie intake is 12000 cals!!!
I think India has tremendous potential ... there are just 2 problems.
1. We are not looking in the right places...
2. We are not looking at all...

Investment Tips
MONEY AND THE NEW GENERATION
This is 'Kahani ghar ghar ki'. I had heard it before and experienced it few days
back. I was 'ordered' by my son to bring some money on my way back, as he
wanted to buy some toys. When I asked him where will the money come from?
pat comes a reply…its available 24*7 at nearby ATM of a bank. All you need, he
explained, is to get a card, insert it in a machine, punch few numbers and get the
money!! For a 5 years old kid who has always seen his parents taking out
money from machine, this was correct and logical answer. But this is not about 5
years old. This piece is about children in teens and those who have just started
earning money. So here are few tips for the new generation.
Everybody knows how inflation impact finances. There is another inflation what
I call as behavioral inflation. It is especially true in case of youngsters who have
easy access of money without being aware of efforts put in by their parents to
earn it. The sooner young children are taught the correlation between what
money buys and its real source, the more likely they will grow into financially
responsible adults. Children should learn from an early age that being
financially responsible is about making hard choices – and there are very few
free lunches.
We generally give pocket money to kids. But we should make sure they realize
its value. It could be reward based where it accrues to them either for some
labour or good behaviour. Children should not be given a choice of whether to
save. Saving is a must. The choices could be how much to save, for how long
and which savings vehicle is appropriate. Helping them open a bank account,
involving them in few transactions, these small things will go a long way in
making them financially knowledgeable.
It's also important that they know where money is going. With so many
temptations around, they are bound to go overboard. But sooner they realized
the cost of instant gratification better it is for them. The only tool they have to
realize this is by keeping proper records and tracking it regularly. Unfortunately
no school curriculum teaches this highly important life skill. But that does not
mean it can't be learned. So if it is not there in school, it is definitely a job of
parents.
And finally the most important; 'Let me spent, this is my money' syndrome. It's
true where they have earned their first pay. Spending is natural consequence of
earning. Its time for parents to intervene and counsel them on benefits of proper
financial management and basics of investments. This will create solid
foundation for great financial structure.
One of the most important lessons one can teach their children is that money is
a precious resource. It is something, for which someone has had to work. Let
them than enjoy the fruits of it. After all the classical definition of money goes like
this; “Money is what money does”. Let them experience it!!
-Parag Paranjpe